NEWSFETCH – August 24, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Americas MD Stephen Brauer On What’s Working, What’s Not In U.S.
• China Approves First Private Wine Equity Fund
• Diapers.com Founders Throw $1 Million Into Lot18
• Under-Age Decoy Stings Rattle Sonoma Tasting Rooms
• Union elections and overtime pay
• Market for Calif’s NCoast wine grapes improving
• Unscrambling the Puzzling Matter of Online Consumer Ratings
• New York’s Silver Thread Vineyard sold
• Have farmland prices gone too high?
• South African Wine: Breaking free from British slave legacy
• Vaynerchuk: The Final Grape
• Ram’s Gate Winery to Open in Sonoma
• Sonoma County Siblings Launch Grateful Wine Brand
• Andronico’s Markets files for bankruptcy
• Wine Marketing Myths Demystified
• Sommelier Interview: Min Kwon & BlackSalt
• Fred Buonanno Elected President of Sonoma County Vintners Co-op
• Blogger Joins A PLCB Advisory Group

MARKETING 9/11

• 9/11 memorial wines draw approval, criticism
• Is a 9/11 wine in bad taste?
• When Wine Marketing Goes Too Far
• Lieb Family Cellars 9/11 Commemorative Wines: It’s the Thought That Counts

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Foster’s CEO asks for Turnaround Time
• Diageo raises Halico stake to 30%

HEALTH

• Adult binge drinking more frequent than heavy drinking
• Drink wine to prevent Alzheimer’s

DIRECT SHIPPING & THE THREE-TIERED SYSTEM

• Wine Wholesalers Spend $3.7 Million On Hypocrisy

MEDIA MATTERS

• Are Fake Wine Reviews A Growing Concern?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Don’t Take Wine and Cheese Pairings Too Seriously
• Popsicles with Wine?

WATER

• Sucker ruling may cost Southern Californians a third of water supply
• Lawsuit pits Southern California water against threatened fish

AROUND THE UNITED STATES

• NY: Cornell’s Traminette Fascinates Finger Lakes
• OR: Kevin Kohlman, Revisiting Oregon’s Herbicide Politics
• PA: Walmart Cancels Wine Kiosk Deal
• TX: Weather slams peach and grape production

EUROPE

• Two German wine coops to merge

THE UK

• Booze firms rapped for targeting city’s kids

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Worst annual wine sales on record, but WA still raises a celebratory glass
• NZ: Kiwi dollar ‘forcing wine jobs overseas’
• OZ: Chinese invest in wine
• OZ: Wine sales slide, but French wine in favour
• OZ: Strong $A hangover for wine

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Wine import flourishes in Qinzhou Bonded Port

LATIN AMERICA

• What is the profile of Argentina’s highest-priced wines?

SOUTH AFRICA

• Slanted HRW report could cause job losses – VinPro

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Gilt Groupe Says Facebook Shoppers Differ From Others
• Twitter, free steaks and reality: a morality tale
• American Video Habits by Age, Gender and Ethnicity
• Why Multitasking May Make You Less Productive
• Animated Video Points Out The Ridiculousness Of Hiring A Social Media Intern
• The Battle Between Facebook and Google+ [Infographic]
• Wine wars: Lot18 gets new funds as Gilt debuts wine site

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Drops of God, Lafite declines, Gerard gets pissy – sipped & spit
• Dan Berger: A look at wines from cold climates
• This Is Why You Avoid Buying The Cheapest Wine Even If You’re Stingy
• The Leading Hotels of the World Wine Cellars
• Toy Store is Home Wine Maker’s Paradise